MultiMail version 0.38
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What's New in version 0.38?
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 * Transparency and monochrome color options
 * Original timestamps of packets are preserved (manual updates allowed)
 * Expert mode, removes help text from screen (more space for other stuff)
 * SOUP fixes: Deal with broken References lines, separate mail better
 * Fix for SIGWINCH in ncurses 5.0+
 * New default colors
 * Etc.

See the HISTORY file for other changes. See INSTALL for the installation
procedure, and the man page (mm.1) for information on usage.


What is MultiMail?
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MultiMail is an offline mail packet reader for Unix and other systems.
(This version also compiles under MSDOS, with DJGPP or Turbo C++; OS/2,
with EMX; Win32, with RSX/NT or Borland C++; and BeOS.) It currently
supports the Blue Wave, QWK, OMEN and SOUP formats. It has a full screen,
color user interface, built with the curses library.

MultiMail is free, "open source" software, distributed under the GNU
General Public License (q.v.).

You can get the latest version by anonymous ftp from:

 ftp://download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/multimail/mmail-0.38.tar.gz

or at the MultiMail home page:

 http://multimail.sourceforge.net/

Sorry, but no official Fidonet netmail address or F'REQ site is available
right now.


Features
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 * auto-decompression of packets with external compress programs
 * user-friendly menus to select packet, area, letter, etc.
 * save whole area or one letter in a text file
 * enter mail in any area (using external editor)
 * insert tagline from a tagline file
 * reply with quote
 * write netmail
 * netmail addressbook


Requirements for compiling
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 * Unix-compatible (POSIX) API, or Borland/Turbo C++
 * curses -- tested with ncurses 1.9.3+, Solaris curses, and PDCurses
 * GNU make *may* be required on some systems


Tested Systems
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I'd like to get MultiMail tested on as many platforms as possible. I've
personally used it on:

  Linux 2.0.29, Slackware-based, 486, gcc 2.7.2.1, ncurses 5.0
  Linux, Red Hat 6.1, Alpha, gcc 2.95, ncurses 4.2
  Linux, Red Hat 6.1, Alpha, Compaq C++, ncurses 4.2
  Solaris 2.6, Sparc, gcc 2.8.1, standard curses
  Solaris 2.6, Sparc, gcc 2.8.1, ncurses 4.2
  NetBSD 1.3, Macintosh SE/30, gcc 2.7.2.2+myc1, ncurses 4.1
  PCDOS 5.0, DOSEmu/Linux, 486, djgpp 2.01, PDCurses 2.4
  PCDOS 5.0, 8088, Turbo C++ 3.0, PDCurses 2.4
  OS/2 3.0, Pentium, EMX 0.9c, PDCurses 2.4
  Windows 95, Pentium, RSX/NT 1.41, PDCurses 2.3
  Windows 95, Pentium, Borland C++ 5.5, PDCurses 2.4
  Beos R5 Intel, Pentium, gcc 2.9 (?), ncurses 5.0

If you get it going on a dissimilar system, please let me know (along with
any necessary patches). Or, let me telnet to your machine, and I'll try
porting it myself. :-)


Credits
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MultiMail was originally developed under Linux by Kolossvary Tamas and
Toth Istvan. John Zero was the maintainer for versions 0.2 through 0.6;
since version 0.7, the maintainer is William McBrine
<wmcbrine@users.sourceforge.net>.

Additional code has been contribued by Peter Karlsson, Mark D. Rejhon,
Ingo Brueckl, and Robert Vukovic.

Bug reports and suggestions are noted in the HISTORY file.
